대학생의 삶의 의미추구와 의미발견의 관계에서 긍정정서, 인지적 유연성의 매개효과 검증

조은진 한국웰니스학회 2023 한국웰니스학회지 Vol.18 No.4

본 연구는 국내 대학생들이 삶의 의미를 발견하는 과정에서 의미추구, 의미발견, 삶의 만족도 간의 관계를 갖는지 확인하고, 의미추구와 의미발견의 관계에서 긍정정서, 인지적 유연성이 매개하는지를 확인하고자 하였다. 서울, 경기소재 4년제 대학교 대학생 538명을 대상으로 설문을 통한 자료를 수집하였으며, 설문지에는 의미추구, 의미발견, 긍정정서, 인지적 유연성, 삶에 대한 만족도에 관한 문항들이 포함되었으며, 변인들간의 구체적인 경로를 파악하기 위해 구조방정식 모형을 이용하여 분석하였다. 본 연구결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 의미추구는 의미발견을 완전매개하여 삶의 만족도에 영향을 주는 것으로 확인되었다. 둘째, 의미추구와 의미발견 사이에서 긍정정서는 부분매개효과를 가지는 것으로 나타났다. 셋째, 의미추구와 의미발견 사이에서 인지적 유연성은 부분매개효과를 가지는 것으로 나타났다. 넷째, 의미추구와 의미발견사이에서 긍정정서와 인지적 유연성은 부분매개효과를 가지는 것으로 나타났다. 대학생들이 의미를 찾는 과정에서 삶의 만족도를 높이기 위해 의미를 발견할 수 있게 하는 데 긍정정서를 많이 느낄 수 있도록 하고 상황을 조망하는 능력을 키워줌으로써 어려움을 느끼는 상황에서 유연하게 대처할 수 있도록 하는 것이 필요하며, 이는 상담장면에서도 적용할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다. The purpose of this study was to examine the search for meaning has a relationship with the presence of meaning and life satisfaction, to examine the mediating effect of positive affect and cognitive flexibility between the search for meaning and the presence of meaning in life. A total of 538 undergraduate students were recruited from a four-year university in Seoul and Gyeonggi, South Korea. The questionnaire was composed of scales such as the Search for Meaning scale, Presence of Meaning scale, Positive Affect scale, and Cognitive Flexibility scale. This data was tested using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). The findings of this study were as follows. First, the search for meaning did not directly affect life satisfaction; the presence of meaning fully mediated the relationship between the search for meaning and satisfaction with life. It implied that the search for meaning does not directly affect satisfaction with life, but it affected satisfaction with life only through the presence of meaning. Second, positive affect partially mediated the relationship between the search for meaning and the presence of meaning. Third, cognitive flexibility partially mediated the relationship between the search for meaning and the presence of meaning. Finally, positive affect and cognitive flexibility collectively mediated the relationship between the search for meaning and the presence of meaning. To enhance life satisfaction among University students during their quest for meaning, it is essential to promote a strong sense of positive emotions, enabling them to discover meaning. Furthermore, developing the ability to gain a broader perspective on situations is crucial for handling challenges with flexibility. These skills are not only expected to improve life satisfaction but can also be applied in counseling contexts.

의미 변화의 양적 추정 - 말뭉치를 이용한 의미 변화 연구 -

이민우 한국어의미학회 2021 한국어 의미학 Vol.73 No.-

This study introduces methods that can objectively and scientifically capture and describe changes in meaning using corpus data through studies applying statistical methods that have been conducted recently. For statistical inference on the change in meaning, historically recorded data must be quantified and used through a specific calculation method. A representative method of numerically analyzing language data is to use the Semantic Vector Space(SVM), which is also commonly used in the language data analysis method that has been very active in recent years. Recently, a great progress has been made in capturing and explaining semantic changes using these methods. Quantitative estimation of semantic change using computational statistics is based on frequency-based, similarity-based, and network-based methods depending on the representation of meaning can be divided into. The difference between the use of meaning in the present and the use of meaning in the past can be confirmed by comparing the context similarity of the text. If there is a large change in usage compared to the present, the context similarity will be lower, and if there is no change, the context similarity will be high. In order to grasp a detailed and specific change in meaning, a method of comparing a list of key expressions or words that well reveals the meaning of the context can be used by calculating the similarity between expressions or words in the corpus by period. Meaning expansion and reduction, which are representative results of meaning change, can be grasped by measuring the change in the scope of use, and the rise and fall of meaning can be grasped through sentiment analysis. By statistically analyzing the historical corpus in this way, it is possible to statistically grasp the historical changes in the meaning of the Korean language, and suggest implications on how to identify and analyze the change in language meaning.

Is it Time to Consider Meaning in Life as a Public Policy Priority?

Michael F. Steger 이화여자대학교 사회과학연구소 2014 사회과학연구논총 Vol.30 No.2

A substantial body of research has grown around the thesis that meaning in life is vital to psychological health and well-being. The majority of this research has focused on individual well-being, whether people feel happy and relatively free of psychological disorders and mental distress. Across hundreds of studies, meaning in life has been linked to lower distress and impairment and greater well-being and achievement, and this set of findings extends to physical health as well. Further, there is a small number of studies indicating that people who report greater meaning in life are better relationship partners, neighbors, and citizens. This article reviews some of this research and asks the question, if meaning in life is associated with better individual health and well-being as well as with better citizenship should societies direct effort to monitoring—and perhaps facilitating—meaning in life as a matter of public policy. The article explores how meaning-focused public policy might proceed, and concludes by asserting that systematic measurement of meaning in life across nations is necessary to build the evidence needed to inform meaning-supportive public policy.

Non-holistic Meaning Anatomism and the No-Principled-Basis Consideration

Chun-Ping Yen 서울대학교 철학사상연구소 2017 철학사상 Vol.S No.-

Jerry Fodor and Ernest Lepore (1999/2002) frame the debate over meaning holism in terms of a distinction between meaning atomism and meaning anatomism. The former holds that the meaning of an expression E is determined by some relation between E and some extra-linguistic entity. The latter holds that the meaning of E is at least partly determined by some of E’s “inward” relations (IRs) with other expressions in the very language. They (1992) argue that meaning anatomism inevitably collapses into meaning holism, which is the view that the meaning of E is determined by E’s IRs with every other expression in the very language because there is no principled distinction for the anatomist to divide the meaning-determining IRs from the non-meaning-determining ones. In response, the non-holistic anatomist urges that Fodor and Lepore’s no-principled-basis consideration is groundless because the lack of a generally accepted criterion for such a distinction does not undermine the viability of the distinction itself. While this point is well taken, I think that Fodor and Lepore are onto an important question here. That is, what does it make non-holistic anatomism distinctive from its holistic counterpart if without a principled basis for the distinction among IRs? I look into this question and give an alternative argument from Fodor and Lepore’s to suggest that non-holistic anatomism cannot bypass the no-principled-basis consideration. The non-holistic anatomist will need a principled distinction in kind between IRs to back her point.

법 문언의 언어적 의미 : ‘일상적 의미’와 ‘가능한 의미’를 위한 변론

오세혁(Oh, Se-Hyuk) 경희법학연구소 2021 경희법학 Vol.56 No.3

고전적 해석방법론에 대한 집요한 비판과 공격에도 불구하고 문언적 해석, 체계적 해석, 역사적 해석, 목적론적 해석이라는 기본적인 틀은 오늘날에도 굳건하게 유지되고 있다. 그 중에서도 문언적 해석(문리해석)은 법령의 문언적 의미(literal meaning), 다시 말해 법 문언의 언어적 의미(linguistic meaning)를 밝힌다는 점에서 해석의 본질에 가장 충실한 해석방법이 아닐 수 없다. 왜냐하면 법, 특히 제정법은 언어를 통해서 존재하기 때문이다. 언어는 언어공동체의 통상적인 어법이나 언어관용에 따라 해석된다. 법의 문언도 언어인 이상, 홈스(O.W. Holmes)가 말하는 ‘통상적인 언어사용자의 관점’에서 법을 해석하는 것이 당연해 보인다. 법 문언은 통상적인 의미(normal meaning)에 따라 이해되어야 한다. 문언적 해석은 법 문언(text, Wortlaut)을 해석의 출발점으로 삼아 그 의미(meaning, Wortsinn)를 탐구하고자 한다. 전통적 견해에 따르면 법의 문언은 해석의 출발점이자 한계이다. 문언적 해석은 법 문언의 통상적 의미에서 시작하여 법 문언의 가능한 의미에서 종료된다. 문언적 해석이 법 문언의 가능한 의미를 넘는 순간 해석이 아니라 법형성이 된다. 이와 같이 법의 문언 및 그 의미를 다른 해석기준 내지 해석요소보다 우선시하는 해석이론이 문언중심적 해석론, 미국식으로는 문언주의(textualism)이다. 이 논문은 약한 문언중심적 해석론자 내지 온건한 문언주의자의 관점에서 문언적 해석의 출발점이자 종착점이 되는 ‘법 문언의 언어적 의미’를 분석함으로써 문언적 해석의 정당화가능성과 함께 그 한계를 논증하려는 데에 목적이 있다. 일상적 의미는 말뭉치에 대한 검토를 통하여 경험적으로 확인 가능하다. 물론 해석자의 입장에서 법 문외한인 수범자의 눈높이에 맞춰 법 문언의 일상적 의미를 파악하는 것이 간단한 작업은 아니다. 법관을 비롯한 법해석자는 객관적으로 검증된 사전 등의 참고자료를 활용하여 법 문언의 일상적 의미를 파악할 수밖에 없다. 아니면 전문가의 사실조회나 감정과 같은 전통적인 입증방식을 활용하거나 네이버·다음 등 인터넷 포털사이트를 검색하거나 연세말뭉치나 세종 말뭉치와 같은 말뭉치에서 용례를 확인할 수도 있을 것이다. 또 법 문언의 가능한 의미라는 개념이 갖는 이론적, 실천적 한계에도 불구하고, 법 문언의 가능한 의미가 그 자체 형용모순은 아니다. 법해석자는 객관적으로 검증된 사전 등의 참고자료를 활용하고 인터넷 포털사이트를 검색하거나 말뭉치의 용례들을 통해 문언의 다양한 의미를 확인할 수 있다. 즉 가능한 의미의 폭 역시 해석단계에서 해석자나 사안과 독립적으로 객관적으로 확정될 수 있다. 그렇다면 법 문언의 가능한 의미는 해석과 법형성을 경계짓고 또 해석의 정당성을 판단하는 기준이 될 수 있다. 법 문언의 통상적 의미, 특히 일상적 의미에 초점을 맞추는 문언적 해석은 다양한 해석방법 중 하나지만, 법령해석 방법론의 관점에서 큰 논란 없이 정당화될 수 있는 원칙적인 해석방법이다. 입법목적이나 취지를 앞세워 법 문언의 통상적 의미를 벗어날 수 있다거나 단순히 합당성(reasonableness)을 내세워 법 문언의 가능한 의미를 벗어나는 법 해석이 충분히 승인가능하다고 주장하거나 근거지움이 끝나는 곳에 해석의 한계가 있다고 주장하는 것만으로는 법관의 법해석권을 통제하기에 미흡해 보인다. 따라서 법 문언의 일상적 의미와 동떨어지거나 가능한 의미를 벗어나는 해석을 시도하는 사람에게는 그 정당성에 대한 논증책임이 부과된다. 오늘날까지도 법의 지배 내지 법치국가의 이념이 온전히 정착되지 못한 채 뿌리째 흔들리고 있는 우리나라의 현실에 비추어 보면, 21세기에도 여전히 법 문언의 일상적 의미에 충실하고, 가능한 의미를 벗어나지 않는 문언적 해석은 아무리 강조해도 지나치지 않을 듯싶다. Despite persistent criticism and attack on classical interpretive methodologies, the basic frameworks of literal interpretation, systematic interpretation, historical interpretation, and teleological interpretation are still firmly maintained today. Among them, literal interpretation is the most faithful interpretation method to the essence of interpretation in that it reveals the literal meaning of the law, that is, the linguistic meaning of legal texts. For law, especially legislation, exists through language. Language is interpreted according to grammar or the linguistic usage of the language community. Since the legal texts are also languages, it seems natural to interpret the law from the point of view of a normal speaker of language, as described by O.W. Holmes. Legal texts should be understood according to their normal meaning. Literal interpretation takes the legal text(Wortlaut) as the starting point of interpretation and attempts to explore its meaning(Wortsinn). According to the traditional view, the text of the law is the starting point and limit of interpretation. Literal interpretation begins with the ordinary meaning of the legal text and ends with the possible meaning of the legal text. The moment the literal interpretation exceeds the possible meaning of the legal text, it becomes law making(Rechtsfortbildung), not legal interpretation. In this way, the interpretation theory that prioritizes the wording and meaning of the law over other standards or elements of interpretation is a text-oriented interpretation theory, or textualism in the American way. This paper aims to demonstrate the justification of literal interpretation and its limitations by analyzing linguistic meaning of legal texts , which is the starting point and goal of literal interpretation from the point of view of a weak text-oriented interpreter or a moderate textualist. There is a purpose. The ordinary meaning can be empirically confirmed through the review of the corpora. Of course, it is not a simple task for the interpreter to grasp the ordinary meaning of the legal texts according to the eye level of the layperson who are outside the law. Law interpreters, including judges, have no choice but to grasp the ordinary meaning of legal texts by using objectively verified reference materials such as dictionaries. Alternatively, you may be able to use traditional evidential examination methods such as expert inquiry or appraisal, search Internet portal sites such as Naver and Daum, or find examples in corpora such as Yonsei Corpus and Sejong Corpus. Also, despite the theoretical and practical limitations of the concept of possible meanings of legal texts, the possible meanings of legal texts are not in themselves contradictio in adjecto. If the range of possible meanings can be objectively determined independently of the interpreter or the case at the stage of interpretation, this can be a criterion for judging the legitimacy of interpretation and the boundary between interpretation and law formation. The literal interpretation focusing on the normal meaning of legal texts, especially the ordinary meaning, is one of the various interpretation methods, but it is a principled interpretation method that can be justified without much controversy from the point of view of the statutory interpretation methodology. It is argued that an interpretation of the law that can deviate from the ordinary meaning of the text by the legislative purpose or purpose is sufficiently acceptable, or that an interpretation of the law that deviates from the possible meaning of the text by simply stating reasonableness is sufficiently acceptable, or that there is a limit of interpretation where the grounding ends. Just asserting it seems insufficient to control the judge s power to interpret the law. Therefore,

빅터 프랭클의 삶의 의미론에서의 고통의 의미와 교육적 시사

신경희(Shin, Kyeong-Hee),강기수(Kang, Gi-Su) 한국교육사상학회 (구 한국교육사상연구회) 2020 敎育思想硏究 Vol.34 No.3

This paper aims to clarify the meaning and educational implications of pain in Viktor Frankl’s Meaning of Life. Frankl understands human beings based on the three concepts of freedom of will, will to meaning, and meaning in life. For him, it is observed that humans are the open-ended creatures who can make their decisions in accordance with their free will in the ‘given’ world. This is possible because of the presence of will to meaning in their lives, based on the premise that the meaning exists in any conditions of life. If every phase of life is meaningful, even the painful moment can be found as meaning. In Viktor Frankl’s perspective of meaning of life, pain has the following implications. First, pain awakens human beings in their daily lives. Second, pain leads humans to have mental, psychological improvements by letting them confront against it. Third, pain makes humans realize the meaning of life. Pain becomes no more something to avoid, but the opportunity to find the meaning of life and the message to invoke humans to be awaken as a being. Frankl’s understanding for pain implies that mental improvement through finding meaning of life should be reconsidered as an educational goal in the educational atmosphere to plainly accept pain as it is, which has been neglected so far. This leads to the conclusion that overcoming pains can be education by itself. 본 연구는 빅터 프랭클의 삶의 의미론에서의 고통의 의미와 그 교육적 시사를 밝히는데 목적이 있다. 프랭클은 의지의 자유, 의미를 찾으려는 의지, 삶의 의미 이 세 가지의 개념들을 전제로 인간을 이해한다. 그에 의하면 인간은 세계 속에 우연히 ‘내던져진’ 존재이지만 무한한 가능성을 지닌 존재로서 선택과 결정의 자유와 책임감으로 스스로의 존재방식을 만들어가는 개방된 존재이다. 이것은 내 삶의 의미를 찾고자 하는 의지가 있기에 가능하며, 어떤 상황에서도 삶에 의미가 있다는 것을 전제로 한다. 삶의 모든 것에 의미가 있다면, 고통의 순간에도 의미를 발견할 수 있다. 프랭클의 삶의 의미론의 관점에서 고통은 다음과 같은 의의를 가진다. 첫째. 고통은 일상적인 삶 속에서 자신을 각성하게 한다. 둘째, 고통은 고통에 맞서는 태도를 통해 정신적 성장을 이룰 수 있게 한다. 셋째, 고통은 삶의 의미를 깨닫게 한다. 고통은 더 이상 부정적인 회피의 대상이 아닌 삶의 의미를 충족시켜주는 기회이자, 우리가 실존으로 존재해야 함을 각성하게 도와주는 메시지가 된다. 프랭클의 고통에 대한 이해는 고통을 있는 그대로 수용하는 교육적 분위기 속에서 그동안 교육이 간과하고 있었던 삶의 의미 부여를 통한 정신적 성장을 교육 목표로 재고해야 함을 시사한다. 고통을 극복하는 과정 그 자체로 교육이 될 수 있음을 알 수 있다.

현대 중국어 선택의문형 반어문의 의미 연구

양영매 한국중국언어문화연구회 2016 한중언어문화연구 Vol.- No.42

The research aims to analyze and formulate meanings of rhetorical question of alternative questions through the sematic approach. For this purpose, the paper addresses the recognition conditions of rhetorical question of alternative questions and then, analyzes their meaning structures, and finally, reviews the meaning formation conditions. The results are as follows: First, through analyzing the recognition conditions of rhetorical question of alternative questions, the conditions can be divided into marked types and unmarked ones depending on markedness; marked types also can be classified into direct and indirect markedness. On the other hand, in unmarked types, situational, social morals, general common senses are considered. Second, in semantic structure analysis, based on semantic hierarchy theory proposed by Sebastian Löbner, 2002, the meaning of rhetorical question of alternative questions was analyzed in three ways: expressive meaning, utterance meaning, and communicative one. Additively, its formative structure is expressive plus utterance plus communicative meaning. Third, by analyzing meaning formation condition of rhetorical question of alternative questions, ‘negative meaning’ of rhetorical question of alternative questions, an expressive meaning, was derived from syntactic form of alternative questions, thus the ‘negative meaning’ takes syntactic form of alternative questions as the meaning formation prerequisite. Meanwhile, the others, the conditions of utterance and communicative meanings are mainly context, morality, common sense, etc.

Exploring Sources of Life Meaning among Koreans

Kim, Mira,Lee, Hong Seock,Lee, Sang Kyu 大韓神經精神醫學會 2002 신경정신의학 Vol.41 No.5

연구목적: 본 연구에서는 한국인들의 독특한 문화와 가치관을 반영하는 삶의 의미의 기본적 구조를 밝히고자 하였다. 방법: 정성적 조사방법과 정량적 조사방법의 두가지 조사방법이 이용되었고, 이에 따라 각 연구를 위한 두 차례의 설문조사를 실시하였다. 정성적 조사방법을 이용한 첫번째 연구는 탐험적 연구(exploratory study)로 한국인들의 삶의 의미의 가능한 모든 원천을 알아내기 위해 content analysis를 실시하였다. 반면, 정량적 조사방법을 이용한 두 번째 연구에서는 한국인의 삶의 의미의 구조를 결정하기 위한 것으로 두 번째 연구에서 추출한 한국인들의 삶의 의미 원천을 바탕으로 구성한 설문지를 이용하여, 한국인들의 현재 삶의 의미의 수준을 측정한 후, 요인분석을 실시하였다. 결과: 173명을 대상으로 한 첫번째 연구에서는 106개의 삶의 의미 항목이 추출되었고, 638명을 대상으로 한 두 번째 연구에서는 첫번째 연구에서 추출된 항목들이 10개의 요인으로 설명되었다. 한국인의 삶의 의미 구조를 설명하는 10개 요인들은 다음과 같다: 성취감(Achievement), 안전(Security), 종교(Religion), 수용(Acceptance & Affirmation), 관계(Relationship), 자기초월(Self-Transcendence), 인성(Good Character), 자기수련(Self-Discipline), 신체적 건강(Physical Health), 친밀한 친구(Intimate friend). 토의: 본 연구에서 추출된 10개의 요인 중, 안전(Security), 수용(Acceptance & Affirmation), 인성(Good Character), 자기수련(Self-Discipline), 신체적 건강(Physical Health)은 문화와 가치관이 다른 서양 사람들의 삶의 의미와 비교할 때, 한국인의 삶의 의미를 설명하는 독특한 요인으로 나타났다. 따라서 한국인의 삶의 의미를 올바로 측정하기 위해서는 한국인의 독특한 문화와 가치관을 반영한 측정도구가 개발되어야 할 것이며, 본 연구에서 추출된 한국인의 삶의 의미구조가 정신병리와 사회적 현상에 미치는 영향에 대한 지속적인 연구가 필요하다. Objectives: The purpose was to explore sources of Koreans' life meaning and determine its structure that is reflective of Korean' unique culture and values. Methods: The study consisted of both qualitative and quantitative research methods. To this end, two sample dta sets were collected. Study One was an exploratory study in which the qualitative component was conducted in order to gather all possible attributes of sources of life meaning among Koreans. All possible sources of life meaning were extracted through content analysis. Study Two was a quantitative study using a closed questionnaire and conducted in order to determine the structure of Koreans' life meaning by measuring Koreans' current level of life meaning. For the study, factor analysis was carried out. Results: From Study One, 106 attributes of all possible sources of Koreans' life meaning were extracted. In Study Two, factor analysis with the responses from 638 subjects reduced 106 attributes to 53 attributes and ten factors were extracted as Koreans' sources of life meaning: Achievement, Security, Religion, Acceptance & Affirmation, Relationship, Self-Transcendence, Good Character, Self-Discipline, Physical Health and Intimate Friend. Conclusion and Implications: Among the ten factors extracted from this study, the factors of Security, Acceptance and Affirmation, Good Character, Self-Discipline, and Physical Health are Koreans' unique factors of Life Meaning, while Achievement, Religion, Relationship, Self-Transcendence and Intimate Friend are comparable to Wong's^1) Personal Meaning Profile for Canadians. It implies that it is necessary to develop Koreans' own measurement tool in order to assess their life meaning properly. However, because this study was an exploratory in developing Koreans' life meaning measurement and had several limitations, in order to determine structure of Koreans' life meaning, further study must be necessary.

정중성의 의미와 쓰임에 관한 연구

양용준 ( Yang Yong-joon ) 대한영어영문학회 2009 영어영문학연구 Vol.35 No.3

This paper is to survey and analyze the meaning and usage of politeness. For that, I studied and analyzed the meaning and usage of politeness in Korean, English and Jeju Dialect. Generally speaking, many people know the meaning of politeness in Korean and English. Specially Korean people acted with politeness but didn’t know the meaning and usage of politeness. Politeness is an important rule to guide the whole communication, not just local and unessential parts in every life. There are two meanings of politeness: the conceptual meaning and the mental(psychological) meaning. The conceptual meaning of politeness is general meaning and the mental(psychological) meaning is the internal and mental meaning of a person. These two meanings are very important in interpersonal communication. Like this, politeness is a very important factor. However, middle and high school students in Jeju don’t know the meaning of politeness correctly, but university students know the meaning of politeness well. Many Middle and High school students don’t know and act with politeness but University students know and act with politeness. So, in this paper I analyzed the meaning & usage of politeness in their communication. In conclusion, they didn’t know the meaning of politeness and didn’t use the politeness correctly. (Jeju National University)

청소년이 지각한 스트레스와 학교적응간의 관계에서 삶의 의미의 매개효과

김정수 한국수산해양교육학회 2020 水産海洋敎育硏究 Vol.32 No.1

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between stress perceived by adolescents and school adjustment and whether this relationship is mediated by meaning in life; The presence of meaning in life and The search for meaning in life. For this purpose, 532 adolescents in Gyeonggi Province were surveyed three questionnaires; Stress Perceived by Adolescents Scale, Meaning in Life Scale and School Adjustment Scale. The collected data was analyzed by Pearson's correlations, regression analysis and hierarchical regression analysis. As results of this study were summarized as follows. First, the analysis of relationships among stress, school adjustment, the presence of meaning and the search for meaning shows that there is a significant negative correlation between controllable stress and school adjustment, and a significant negative correlation between controllable stress and the presence of meaning. Second, the analysis on the mediating effects of the presence of meaning between controllable stress and school adjustment shows that the presence of meaning partially mediates the relationship of the controllable stress and school adjustment. The findings of this study provided meaning in that particular search was made for a variable that mediate the relationship of controllable stress and school adjustment. Finally this study suggested the needs of development about intervention programs of enhancing meaning in life to increase school adjustment.